A story of a five year old child who got a used 3DS containing explicit photos for Christmas has been buzzing around the Internet and now, another child has been traumatized by a Nintendo handheld this Christmas. This time, however, there wasn’t any rude pictures, in fact, there wasn’t even a 3DS in the box.

The boy from Talladega, AL must have thought he was on Santa’s naughty list when he opened his 3DS box to discover there was no shiny new handheld. Instead, he was presented with a bunch of rocks wrapped in tissue paper. Apparently this is part of an ongoing scam where an expensive device is bought, taken out of the packaging, and replaced with objects of a similar weight before being returned to the store for a refund. When staff are busy or don’t bother to check, the items get resold, resulting in an upset child and angry parents.

The mother, who bought the 3DS in a Walmart in Talladega, explained what happened to the store and she got a new 3DS to replace the rocks. She advises people to check their items before they leave the store so no one gets disappointed on Christmas in future.

A similar scam has been taking place with iPads, too – except instead of rocks being inside the boxes, amusingly the boxes are filled with paper notepads. So next time you’re out shopping for a gadget, check the contents of the packaging, or ask a member of staff to before paying.